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Munchausen’s Syndrome – Faking it has never been so bad

“Fake it ‘til you make it!” I think we all fake certain things. We tell a happy mom her baby’s cute, even if it looks like a larva. We fake not noticing something unfortunate hanging out of a person’s nose. I won’t mention the most obvious one…to you women if you catch [...]

Slooooowed Down – Hypothyroidism

“Slow down, you move too fast. You’ve got to make the morning laaaaast.”
Simon and Garfunkel wrote some pretty amazing songs. But things are much more fast-paced now than they were back in their heyday. Don’t believe me? If music videos flash so fast they can induce seizures…well, that’s Usain Bolt fast to [...]

Losing Weight – It takes exercise folks

Michael Phelps eats like 12,000 calories a day! Holy Cow… literally the whole cow! I saw magazine pictures of his breakfast.
If I tried to eat as much as I saw, I would give birth to a baby pancake right there on the spot. But look at his body and how fast he swims. [...]

Losing Weight – False Hope Syndrome

Margaret Cho is a Korean comedian who is so on my radar now. I met her in the ’90s at an award show in L.A. (ah, those were the days when I lived in Tinseltown).
I told her how sad I was that other Koreans were insulting her and her TV show, All American Girl. [...]

Are There Magic Pills?

Magic tricks drive me nuts. How do they do it? One of my friends used to be a magician, and he won’t share any of his magic trick secrets. He taunts me: “No, I won’t tell you how they’re done. But they’re incredibly easy…if not stupid.”
If they’re that stupid, why can’t I figure [...]